Palau may be a tiny speck of a country in the Pacific, but underwater it’s a geographically vast realm that’s home to thousands of sharks and strong currents that make for a truly epic experience It’s hard not to feel small underwater in Palau. Virtually every one of Palau’s signature dive sites are huge in […]

In terms of adrenalin and adventure, Palau is one of the best places I’ve dived in the world. Everything is BIG – the reef walls, the sharks, the sense of being in the wide open ocean. Here’s my notes from three days on Expedition Fleet’s new Palau liveaboard, Big Blue Explorer in June 2007. The […]

Here’s Part Two of my trip report from three days glorious scuba diving in Palau in June 2007, on board the Big Blue Explorer liveaboard. If you want to start at the beginning of my Palau Scuba Diving Liveaboard, follow the link. Day 2: Siaes Corner Renown for strong currents as soon as you drop […]

The third and final part of my trip report about three days of scuba diving in Palau in June 2007 on board the Big Blue Explorer liveaboard. For Part One of this Palau Scuba Diving Liveaboard report, follow the link. Peleliu Corner Where the Philippines sea meets the Pacific Ocean, Peleliu Corner is also the […]

Looking at the cover of the latest issue of Chinese dive magazine DiverChannel, I suddenly realised that the fin of the featured diver looked very familiar. It was me! Here’s the cover of the August issue of DiverChannel: This was taken by Mike, one of the co-editors of DiverChannel, who was on the same scuba […]

My story about diving in Palau’s epic seascapes amongst the sharks is now out in the June 2010 issue of EZDive magazine, the bilingual Chinese-English dive magazine A quick sneak peek of my Palau feature for EZ Dive magazine, published this month with photos by Jez Tryner (and one by Tim Rock too). Palau is […]

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